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May 22, 2020
'Acts of Kindness Are Really Contagious.' Historian Rutger Bregman Argues for a New Way of Thinking About Humanity
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by Billy Perrigo
May 21, 2020
How Kids Are Feeling About the COVID-19 Pandemic, in Their Own Words
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by TIME for Kids
May 21, 2020
Should Churches Reopen or Stay Closed?
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by N.T. Wright
May 21, 2020
Take Action to Address Mental Health Crisis
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by António Guterres
May 21, 2020
You Don’t Have to Be Hopeful to Fight for a Better Future
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by Isabelle Axelsson
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May 21, 2020
The Road to Recovery: How Targeted Lockdowns for Seniors Can Help the U.S. Reopen
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by Daron Acemoglu, Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Werning and Michael Whinston
May 21, 2020
We Need Empathy in Times of Crisis. But That Doesn't Just Mean Feeling for Others
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by Salvador Gómez-Colón
May 21, 2020
What We Lose When We Hide Our Smiles Behind a Mask
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by Belinda Luscombe
May 21, 2020
A Safety Net Should Help People Feel Safe. The U.S. Managed to Do the Opposite
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by Zachary Karabell
May 21, 2020
It's Hard to Picture a Future After the Pandemic. But Together We'll Help Shape It
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by Abigail Harrison
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May 21, 2020
The Voices of Black and Brown People Matter–and They're Finally Being Heard
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by Naomi Wadler
May 21, 2020
The Pandemic Made My World Small. Social Media Helped Open It Up
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by Camryn Garrett
May 21, 2020
Why TIME Devoted an Issue to the Impact of the Pandemic on the Next Generation
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by Edward Felsenthal
May 21, 2020
'Lynn Was the Magic Ingredient.' Rosemarie DeWitt on the Impact of Filmmaker Lynn Shelton
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by Rosemarie DeWitt
May 21, 2020
'A Brilliant Satirist.' Rob Reiner Explains What Made Fred Willard So Funny
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by Rob Reiner